Introduction: The Moment of Transition
Measuring the World: Eratosthenes' Measurement of the Earth's Circumference
Interlude: Why Science Is Beautiful
Dropping the Ball: The Legend of the Leaning Tower
Interlude: Experiments and Demonstrations
The Alpha Experiment: Galileo and the Inclined Plane
Interlude: The Newton-Beethoven Comparison
Experimentum Crucis: Newton's Decomposition of Sunlight with Prisms
Interlude: Does Science Destroy Beauty?
Weighing the World: Cavendish's Austere Experiment
Interlude: Integrating Science and Popular Culture
Light a Wave: Young's Lucid Analogy
Interlude: Science and Metaphor
Seeing the Earth Rotate: Foucault's Sublime Pendulum
Interlude: Science and the Sublime
Seeing the Electron: Millikan's Oil-Drop Experiment
Interlude: Perception in Science
Dawning Beauty: Rutherford's Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus
Interlude: Artistry in Science
The Only Mystery: The Quantum Interference of Single Electrons
Conclusion: Can Science Still Be Beautiful?.
